Kenya
Kenya’s history rewritten
Inflated Mau Mau death figures based on incorrect statistical projections have now become accepted as “fact”
Plains of plenty
The Masai Mara has defied gloomy predictions of decline and still supports a thriving ecosystem as rich as it ever was
Obama’s airbrushed dreams
Original typscript reveals an insecure man racked by self-doubt
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
Allocating blame in the name of climate change
Dwelling on the question of historical responsibility for climate change helps no one
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Sadiq Khan is blind to unromantic disadvantages
London travel schemes are excluding the disabled and pro-diversity officials do not seem to care
Political parties should be broad churches, not sects
We should welcome diversity of opinion among MPs
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
I don’t like Mondays
Rishi Sunak has had enough of domestic politics, and is hoping a shooting war in the Red Sea will sway his fortunes
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
The celebrity trap
Women are punished for becoming the objects they are required to be